PR-72P-class corvette


BAP Herrera (CM-24) during PANAMAX 2006
Class overview
Builders: Villeneuve-la-Garenne (SFCN)
Lorient Naval Dockyard
Operators: Peruvian Navy
In commission: July 25, 1980
Planned: 6
Completed: 6
Active: 6
General characteristics
Type: fast attack craft
Displacement: 560 tons standard (610 tons full load)
Length: 64 m (210 ft)
Beam: 8.35 m (27.4 ft)
Draft: 2.6 m (8.5 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 4 SACM AGO 240V16 M7 diesel engines
    4 shafts, 17,424 shp (12.993 MW) (CM-21,CM-23,CM-25)
  • 4 MTU 12V595 diesel engines
    4 shafts, 22,000 shp (16 MW)
    (CM-22,CM-24,CM-26)
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
(CM-21,CM-23,CM-25)
32 knots (59 km/h)
(CM-22,CM-24,CM-26)
Range: 2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h)
Complement: 36 (accommodation for 46)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Thomson-CSF THD 1040 Triton air/surface search radar
  • Decca BridgeMaster E navigation radar
  • Thomson-CSF Vega II fire-control system
  • Thomson-CSF Castor II fire-control radar
  • CSEE Panda optical director
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • Thomson-CSF DR-2000 ESM system
Armament:
  • 4 Exocet MM-38 SSMs
  • 1 OTO Melara 76/62mm Compact gun
  • 1 OTO Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun
  • 1 MGP-86 mount for Igla SAM
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